Gas Superintendent John Leary says the borough wants to secure contracts with companies that have fleets of natural gas-powered vehicles before it moves forward with the plan.

"We have a lot of interest, and we're pretty confident we'll be able to get some substatial customers up front," Leary says. "We're initially expecting the station to fuel between 20 and 30 large trucks per day. Over time, we're expecting that to increase substantially because there's so much interest in the CNG vehicles."

Leary says the facility would be located near the Wayne Avenue exit of I-81 and look much like existing gasoline or diesel fueling stations.

He says it would be linked to Chambersburg's existing natural gas pipeline system.